Washington Examiner
October 6, 2025
If the president’s moves survive legal challenges, he will be the single biggest union buster in American history, according to data from the Economic Policy Institute.
Common Dreams
October 6, 2025
I worked in the federal government for the 2013 shutdown, which lasted from October 1 to October 17. It was a sweet paid vacation. I was able to volunteer and work for free at my old stomping ground, the Economic Policy Institute. It’s not clear whether those furloughed now will ever be made whole. What we have now amounts to another lockout. During my shutdown furlough, I suggested that the federal employee unions stage a “work-in,” continuing to serve the people. There was some interest, but it never came off. It would have been illegal, but imagine a DC jury punishing an employee for participating.
The Nation
October 6, 2025
It also notes that U.S. firms are hiring foreign tech workers at a discount. It points to a study by the progressive Economic Policy Institute think tank which showed a 36 per cent discount for H-1B “entry-level” positions as compared to full-time, traditional workers. The proclamation claims the program is thus detrimental to American jobs and wages and is failing to fulfill its intended purpose.
Canadian Affairs
October 6, 2025
The jobs report is useful to economists, government agencies such as the Federal Reserve, and investors trying to gauge the state of the economy, said Elise Gould, senior economist for the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute. If the data is missing for an extended time, it could distort such forecasts, she said.
“We still have some information on the economy from other sources, yes. None of the other indicators predict perfectly. There’s no replacement for the data,” Gould said.
Stateline
October 6, 2025
CEOs took home an average total of $22.98 million in 2024, according to a September report by the Economic Policy Institute that looked at the average compensation of CEOs at 350 of the largest publicly traded U.S. companies by revenue.
That’s up 6% compared with the year before, and a staggering 1,094% since 1978, when the average CEO took home around $1.9 million in pay and stock-based compensation sold throughout the year, the report says.
Today, CEOs are paid an average of 281 times more than the “typical worker.” The EPI defines a typical worker’s salary as the average annual compensation of full-time workers in production and non-supervisory roles in industries the top 350 firms operate in.
CNBC
October 6, 2025
CEOs, of course, hold massive authority over their companies, and their public image may be tightly bound up with that of the firm itself. Recent data show exactly how influential CEOs have become, with the average leaders’ pay rising nearly 6 percent in 2024, so they now make 281 times the salary of the average worker, the Economic Policy Institute showed.
Inc.
October 6, 2025
According to data from the Economic Policy Institute, approximately 4,874 workers in Montgomery County are employed by the federal government, making up 10.62% of the county’s workforce. (July 2025 figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics estimate Montgomery County to have 45,903 employed persons within its borders.)
NorthPennNow
October 6, 2025
According to the Economic Policy Institute, Florida is one of 30 states, plus D.C., that have adopted a state minimum wage above the federal minimum wage. The latter hasn’t changed since 2009.
Orlando Weekly
October 6, 2025